[PYTHON-CRYPTO] Near-term projects for pycrypto

[Andrew Kuchling]

On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 11:05:59AM +0100, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>> 6) Discard some of the more obscure algorithms (HAVAL, Diamond,
>> Skipjack, maybe CAST, RC5 and IDEA, too) and add AES, adopting the
>
>+1 (except for dropping IDEA and RC5 -- they're patented, but not in
>every corner of the world; and then if someone wants to use it, paying

That leaves CAST as the only cipher to be dropped; is CAST actually
used in any standards or specifications?

--amk